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The Last Great Mountain: The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga

By Mick Conefrey

Book information

Publisher
Michael Conefrey
Year
2020
ISBN
9781838039615
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10035900 bytes)
Pages
324\0
Time added
2022-11-29 05:31:50
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorer

Description

The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans. Drawing on interviews, diaries and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey begins his story in 1905 with the first, disastrous attempt on the mountain by a team led by Aleister Crowley, explores the three dramatic German expeditions of the the late 1920s and brings it all to a climax 50 years later with the first ascent by Joe Brown and George Band. The Last Great Mountain is the final instalment of Mick Conefrey's acclaimed high altitude trilogy.

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